Financial District in Manhattan in New York County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
New York Stock Exchange
Exploring Downtown
The New York Stock Exchange has pioneered the development of information technology to speed data to investors. Stock brokers were among the earliest users of the first telegraph line between New York and Philadelphia in 1844. No sooner had Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone than the first phones found their way to the NYSE trading floor, in 1878.
The ticker-tape machine (see below), invented in 1867, revolutionized the communication of stock prices, and became a symbol of Wall Street business. With the turn to wireless networks, the “ticker-tape” has become electronic, and today runs on television networks around the world, generated by a system that can process billions of shares a day.
Erected by The Alliance for Downtown New York, Inc.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1929.
Location. 40° 42.4′ N, 74° 0.651′ W. Marker is in Manhattan, New York, in New York County. It is in the Financial District. Marker is on Broad Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New York NY 10005, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Fearless Girl (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named New York Stock Exchange (a few steps from this marker); First Latin School of New Amsterdam (within shouting distance of this marker); Let Freedom Ring (within shouting distance of this marker); Wall Street Palisade (within shouting distance of this marker); J.P. Morgan Building (within shouting distance of this marker); J. P. Morgan (within shouting distance of this marker); On this site in Federal Hall (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manhattan.
More about this marker. The marker has photos of a ticker-tape machine, life on the floor of the Stock Exchange, early stock traders meeting under the buttonwood tree, and John Quincy Adams Ward, designer of the NYSE building, in his studio.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Take a tour of the markers in lower Manhattan erected by the Alliance for Downtown New York, Inc.
Also see . . . The Lost New York Stock Exchange Bldg - 10 Broad Street. "Daytonian in Manhattan" entry on the previous building. (Submitted on April 11, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,195 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 22, 2018, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 2. submitted on June 4, 2022, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. 3. submitted on April 30, 2011, by Volker Schmidt of Albstadt, Germany. 4. submitted on November 8, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 5. submitted on December 22, 2018, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.